Woman attacked by rats

A brain-damaged woman who can't move or feel pain was savaged by a rat trying to 'gnaw' her to the bone in Bingham, Nottinghamshire.

‘I would like people to know what can happen and to be aware of it. A neighbour set up a trap in the house and the rat was eventually caught in a cage. As he moved it to the patio, Mr Kirk said the rat tried to bite him multiple times. I went and knocked on the door of the young girl over the road as she is also always up early and she helped. He heard a large rat ‘scratching around’ by his feet on May 8, but he could not see it well in the dark. A brain-damaged woman who can’t move or feel pain was savaged by a rat trying to ‘gnaw’ her to the bone as she slept.

A picture of the rat which tried to eat a disabled pensioner while she was in bed asleep as been released by her family. John Kirk, 85, came downstairs to ...

John called an ambulance and Diana was rushed to the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham where she was cleaned up and given a powerful course of antibiotics. He said: “We had a rat in the house before Christmas which the council came and got rid of and I’d thought that was that. The night Diana was attacked I’d gone to bed about 10.20pm and had heard scratching behind the TV but didn’t think too much about it. The rat had tried to eat her to get to her blood. A picture of the rat which tried to eat a disabled pensioner while she was in bed asleep as been released by her family. Because of her health problems, Diana sleeps downstairs in the couple’s semi-detached home.

Please be aware that this article contains a graphic image of the injuries caused. 76-year-old Diana Kirk has brain damage and sleeps downstairs in a hospital ...

I think it must be an ongoing issue and one that I think people living nearby need to be aware of - especially if they are vulnerable." She said: "A few weeks ago another one of our care givers was in Bingham and heard some squealing - there was a rat inside a client's dustbin. I found out a couple of days after it happened that it was making a nest in the house." The next morning, after a neighbour had set up a trap in the house, Mr Kirk says the rat was caught and trapped in a cage. I went and knocked on the door of the young girl over the road as she is also always up early and so she helped. A woman ended up in hospital after being savagely attacked by a rat while she was asleep.

Diana Kirk, 76, was found badly injured following an attack by a rat.

She said: "A few weeks ago another one of our care givers was in Bingham and heard some squealing - there was a rat inside a client's dustbin. Mr Kirk said the rat attempted to bite him several times - but then the neighbour managed to kill the rat, shooting it four times with a pellet gun before it died. I went and knocked on the door of the young girl over the road as she is also always up early and so she helped.

GRAPHIC WARNING: Diana Kirk, 76, was found with bloody wounds across her face, neck and body after she was savagely attacked by the 9 inch rodent.

She said: "A few weeks ago another one of our care givers was in Bingham and heard some squealing - there was a rat inside a client's dustbin. "'I would like people to know what can happen and to be aware of it. She was just shaking with her hands by her neck staring up at me." "I have since read that rats only ever go for young babies and people who are immobile in bed like my wife. There was blood everywhere." Diana is bed-ridden, suffering from a multitude of illnesses including brain damage, including dementia and Parkinson's disease.

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There was blood everywhere." As he moved it to the patio, Mr Kirk says the rat went to try to bite him multiple times. The next morning, after a neighbour had set up a trap in the house, Mr Kirk says the rat was caught and trapped in a cage. The rat 'was making a nest in our house', Mr Kirk says Pictures which have been shared with the permission of Mr Kirk show the extent of her injuries after the incident. Mr Kirk says he was asleep upstairs when he first heard a rat "scratching around" by his feet, saying he could not see it well given how dark it was but that it was clearly a large rodent.

John Kirk, 85, woke up one morning to find his wife Diana covered in bites and claw marks following the rodent's attack. The pensioner's eyelids, ...

“It was like a scene from Rambo. Absolutely horrific. The rat had tried to eat her to get to her blood. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. “Diana had obviously been attacked in the night because the blood had congealed and had gone black. There were bite marks on her cheek and her lips. “I’d put seeds and peanuts out for the birds in the garden and kept bags of bird food in the sideboard in the living room.